A lawsuit at the N.C. Court of Appeals argues that Chapel Hill had no legal authority for the owner residency requirement in its short-term rental ordinance.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans say religious protections strengthened
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The city of Charlotte is set to approve an ordinance aimed at barring businesses and employers from discriminating against people based on transgender identity and other “protected classes.”
Published: Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 8:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Five years after House Bill 2 put North Carolina at the center of national controversy, cities in the state’s liberal enclaves are once again discussing discrimination and the LGBT community.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 3:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Superior Court judge has struck down Wilmington’s citywide restrictions on vacation rentals. An Institute for Justice news release praised the ruling.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Solar Ordinance Committee meeting that was cancelled for today has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 1:30 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 1:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Solar Facility Ordinance Committee will meet Monday, September 17, 2018 at 2:30 PM and Thursday, September 20, 2018 at at 2:30 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd St., Washington, NC
Published: Saturday, September 8th, 2018 @ 3:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Solar Facility Ordinance Committee will meet Monday, August 20, 2018 at 2:30 PM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd St., Washington, NC
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2018 @ 8:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Raleigh City Council once again has changed the rules of outdoor seating for downtown diners, but some business owners say they were never consulted before the changes were made
Published: Thursday, July 26th, 2018 @ 8:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wilmington's Planning Commission is scheduled to vote on changes to the city's zoning ordinances on January 29th. The proposed changes should be welcomed
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2018 @ 11:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Solar Farm Ordinance Committee will meet on September 19, 2017 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the boardroom located at 121 W. 3rd Street, Washington, NC
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 @ 1:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After more than 90 minutes of debate, including rejected motions to delay the vote until Tuesday and to adjourn the session, the House passed the measure, 70-48
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2017 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC Capitol Connection provides an overview of yesterday’s contentious special session called to repeal HB 2.
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After a day of repeated pauses and extended recesses, just before 8 p.m. Wednesday the General Assembly adjourned its fifth special session of the term without accomplishing its intended purpose: repealing House Bill 2
Published: Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once again North Carolina made national news and once again it wasn't favorable
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 7:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The General Assembly will return for a fifth special session Wednesday after a Monday morning vote by the Charlotte City Council repealing its bathroom ordinance that led to the adoption of House Bill 2
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 5:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following statement can be attributed to the North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) Chairman Robin Hayes
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory's Press Office issued the following statement from Press Secretary Graham Wilson
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 4:19 am
By: McCrory Communications
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In the final North Carolina gubernatorial debate, Governor McCrory again showed himself as a leader and the clear winner, Roy Cooper crumbles, and Lon Cecil proves himself to be irrelevant.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:17 am
By: jonah
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Both HB2 and the Charlotte ordinance that preceded it were solutions in search of a problem. We've yet to see certifiable evidence that Charlotte had significant or quantifiable transgender discrimination problems. It was political pandering to a liberal support base
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 11:47 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We've been witness to a level of ideologically driven mass media hysteria in recent weeks unseen since the Duke lacrosse rape hoax story
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s lawsuit filed Monday against the U.S. Department of Justice concerning the state’s student privacy law, known as HB2.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The raging debate over House Bill 2 won't end and has become a political football, only this is a not a game. Regardless of who started the fight or is continuing it, the plain and simple truth is that HB2 is damaging North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 6:12 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The campaign office of Lt. Governor Dan Forest today announced the release of their first television commercial of the 2016 General Election season, to begin airing tonight on three stations in the greater Charlotte media market, WSOC, WBT and WCCB
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 8:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The General Assembly recently passed a law invalidating a Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the sex with which they identify
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2016 @ 2:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker Can't Say If There Was An Economic Impact To Houston After Voters Rejected Bathroom Ordinance
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 @ 1:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In late February, the Charlotte city council passed a so-called antidiscrimination law, scheduled to go into effect on April 1, aimed at protecting what, in their view, are the rights of those in the gay, lesbian, and transgender community.
Published: Monday, April 4th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Democrat NC House Speaker Joe Mavretic: Repeal of Charlotte Bathroom Ordinance "Good Move," Senate Democrats "Did Not Have The Courage To Stand And Vote"
Published: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 3:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The privacy rights and safety of North Carolina citizens shouldn’t be cast aside or used as a political pawn for special interest groups that desire to impose their agenda to create a genderless society
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 9:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite repeatedly telling the public and media that she was following the lead of over 200 cities in passing the ordinance that was overturned by a bipartisan vote of the General Assembly.
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2016 @ 3:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week's special session of the General Assembly was called primarily to address a new ordinance in Charlotte, due to go into effect April 1.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2016 @ 9:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek regarding the North Carolina General Assembly’s bipartisan passage of the Public Facilities and Security Act, which invalidates a city of Charlotte ordinance
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 11:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Democrats on Wednesday walked out of the chamber moments before their GOP colleagues voted unanimously to adopt a state law reversing a newly passed Charlotte ordinance allowing transgender people to use whichever public bathroom they choose
Published: Friday, March 25th, 2016 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ordinance threatens businesses with substantial fines and potential jail time should they seek to protect their patrons' safety and security:
Published: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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